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four boat lift net — a Japanese coastal net about 50 m square set on or near the bottom with the boats anchored and attached by a rope to each net corner. A fifth, smaller, boat scatters bait over the centre of the net and the net is hauled when sufficient fish are… … Dictionary of ichthyology
eight boat lift net — a coastal Japanese lift net about 200 m in circumference laid on the sea floor by eight boats in an area where fish are expected to pass over it. When a spotter determines fish are over the net it is lifted so that fish are driven to one corner.… … Dictionary of ichthyology
two boat lift net — a large coastal Japanese lift net, with or without wings, operated from two boats and set against the current. May be operated in the day but at night, additional boats with lights are used to attract fish. Also called eight angle net. See also… … Dictionary of ichthyology
lift-net — 1) a net of various size and form laid on the water bottom or suspended, sometimes baited or lighted, and lifted out of the water when fish swim over it. Some are hand operated, others suspended from as many as four boats or from cantilever… … Dictionary of ichthyology
Anderton Boat Lift — The Anderton Boat Lift near the village of Anderton, Cheshire, in north west England provides a convert|50|ft|m|1 vertical link between two navigable waterways: the River Weaver and the Trent and Mersey Canal.Built in 1875, the boat lift was in… … Wikipedia
Finnish torpedo boat S2 — S2 (ex Prozorlivy and ex Gagara in Russian service) was a Finnish torpedo boat. The Russian Sokol class ship had been seized by the Finns after the Finnish Civil War 1918. It sank during a fierce storm on October 4 1925 taking with her the whole… … Wikipedia
Day-O (The Banana Boat Song) — Day O redirects here. For the television film, see Day O (film). Banana Boat Song Single by Harry Belafonte from the album Calypso Released 1956 Format … Wikipedia
Bugeye (boat) — The bugeye is a type of sailboat developed in the Chesapeake Bay for oyster dredging. The predecessor of the skipjack, it was superseded by the latter as oyster harvests dropped. Origins Between 1820 and 1865, the state of Maryland banned the… … Wikipedia
Clinker (boat building) — A Viking longship, displaying the overlapping planks that characterize clinker construction. Clinker building is a method of constructing hulls of boats and ships by fixing wooden planks and, in the early nineteenth century, iron plates to each… … Wikipedia
commercial fishing — Introduction the taking of fish and other seafood and resources from oceans, rivers, and lakes for the purpose of marketing them. Fishing is one of the oldest employments of humankind. Ancient heaps of discarded mollusk shells (shell… … Universalium
